In response to the Trump Administration announcing today that it will halt the lease for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind – the largest offshore wind project in the entire country – which is represented by vulnerable Republican Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, who voted earlier this year to roll back commonsense energy tax credits, DCCC spokesperson Eli Cousin issued the following statement:
“Jen Kiggans and Donald Trump continue to take a wrecking ball to Coastal Virginia’s economy. Kiggans cast a decisive vote earlier this year to roll back commonsense energy tax credits, and now Trump is finishing what Kiggans started by officially halting Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind. Kiggans and Trump’s reckless actions will jack up electricity bills, eliminate good-paying jobs and economic investment, and undermine energy security in Hampton Roads. Kiggans has put Trump ahead of her own community, and she will be held responsible at the ballot box next November.”
Bloomberg News reported in June that Kiggans “flip-flopped on energy credits” after she “cast the deciding vote in favor of the bill despite its blow to wind and solar.”
Kiggans has voted with Trump 100% of the time this Congress and has fully enabled the Administration’s assault on Virginia’s clean energy economy. |
